SCHOOL BUS DRIVER
Position Status: 10-month, Full-Time Opportunities as needed
Reports to: Transportation Manager
Salary: Earn from $27.24 up to $32.83/hour based on CDL experience!
The future is brighter than ever for Odyssey Charter School, and we are in search of highly motivated, equally passionate individuals to join our team. Odyssey is a full-scale K–12 Charter School currently serving 2,500+ students. Our school features a growing dual immersion program, an innovative Green Initiative, a community food program, and strong academic outcomes.
Odyssey is united in its mission to prepare lifelong learners who are culturally aware, global citizens who utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills grounded in the classical teachings of Greek education and language. Through the Socratic Method and inquiry-based learning, students are empowered to leverage their unique skills and talents in an equitable and collaborative environment where all students can succeed.
If you or someone you know enjoys working with children, has a mature attitude, and is interested in a full-time job, we are hiring BUS DRIVERS! Enjoy profitable employment with an abundance of opportunity to earn extra income through extracurricular routes and public Charter Runs if you choose!
Position Goals: The Bus Driver is a member of Odyssey's Transportation Department and is committed to providing safe, effective, efficient, and healthy transportation to all our students. Drives any type and size of school bus that may be operated by the school district for the transportation of passengers on regularly scheduled routes.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma
- Favorable Motor Vehicle Record Check
- Must possess a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) - Passenger and School Bus endorsement
- A global citizenship and collaborative mindset
- Experience working in a multicultural/multilingual environme
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Safety operates assigned school buses on assigned trips in accordance with printed trip schedules and in accordance with specified stop, sequence, and time schedules, meeting all deadlines.
- Boards, transports, and discharges passengers.
- May lift handicapped passengers and assist passengers into and out of bus as required by Transportation Services Department policy and procedure.
- May operate a mechanized wheelchair lift.
- Develops via-directions, maintains, and updates current student and trip manifests.
- Monitors the operational condition and safety of vehicle accessories of assigned buses on a daily basis; monitors gauges and sensors while operating a bus and reports discrepancies to initiate corrective actions.
- Practices non-aggressive, defensive driving techniques.
- Monitors, conducts, and responds to communications with the Transportation Operations staff via two-radio.
- Maintains effective professional working relationships with pupils, parents, and district staff.
- Enforces district policy and procedure in maintaining discipline on buses.
- Renders first aide to passengers on an emergency basis.
- Maintains working knowledge of and complies with laws and regulations pertaining to pupil transportation.
- Maintains cleanliness of windows and interior of bus on a daily basis; may wash bus exterior.
- Ensures familiarity with assigned trips before transporting passengers; may dry-run new trips.
- Periodically participates in mandated meetings and in-service programs during traditional and non-traditional workdays and work hours as required by the department.
- Maintains and supports standards of personal conduct and discipline in accordance with the current discipline policy approved by the Board of Education.
- Performs other duties reasonably related to the job class
- Work extended hours or split shifts during peak hours at the beginning of school year and summer sessions; inclement weather situations and/or personnel shortage
Position Core Competencies:
- Bus Knowledge – Knows and can explain bus features/operating systems of a bus, emergency exits, emergency kits, and knows when to ask for help in the yard or out on the road.
- Dependability - Meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, stays focused under pressure, and meets attendan